Image: Filippo Monteforte / AFPEight men go on trial in Paris on Wednesday accused of stealing a Banksy artwork, painted on the door of the Bataclan concert venue to honour 90 people killed in the 2015 terror attacks. A white van with concealed number plates was seen stopping on 26 January in an alleyway running alongside the Bataclan in central Paris. Phone records showed that the men were in Paris on the night of the heist. Italian authorities returned a stolen Banksy artwork to France during a ceremony at the French Embassy in Rome. The piece was painted as a tribute of the victims of the 2015 attacks at the Bataclan music hall in Paris.

Source: The Times June 08, 2022 10:21 UTC